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The State of Medicine Quality in the Mekong Sub-Region

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Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin
, 
Souly Phanouvong

Annex II. Additional Data on Medicine Quality

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1This annex lists additional details of results from the medicine quality study.

Table A1: Overview of the quality of four categories of anti-microbials medicines in the region

Medicine Group

Number of samples collected

Number of samples that passed

Number of samples that failed

Percentage of failure

ANTI-MALARIALS

1626

1431

195

12.0%

ANTIBIOTICS

1739

1639

100

5.8%

ANTI-TB

218

215

3

1.4%

ARV

67

67

0

0.0%

Table A2: Quality of anti-malarials in each country

Country

Number of samples collected

Number of samples that passed

Number of samples that failed

Percentage of failure

Cambodia

519

413

106

20.4%

Yunnan, China

126

117

9

7.1%

Lao PDR

282

253

29

10.3%

Thailand

276

255

21

7.6%

Vietnam

423

393

30

7.1%

Total

1626

1431

195

12.0%

Table A3: Quality of antibiotics in each country

ANTIBIOTICS

Country

Number of samples collected

Number of samples that passed

Number of samples that failed

Percentage of failure

Cambodia

535

464

71

15.3%

Yunnan, China

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lao PDR

717

712

5

0.7%

Thailand

93

90

3

3.3%

Vietnam

394

373

21

5.6%

Total

1739

1639

100

5.8%

Table A4: Quality of anti-TB medicines in each country

Country

Number of samples collected

Number of samples that passed

Number of samples that failed

Percentage of failure

Cambodia

51

48

3

5.9%

Yunnan, China

Lao PDR

34

34

0

0.0%

Thailand

Vietnam

133

133

0

0.0%

Total

218

215

3

1.4%

Table A5: Quality of ARVs in each country

Country

# samples collection

Number of samples that passed

Number of samples that failed

Percentage of failure

Cambodia

45

45

0

0.0%

China

Lao PDR

Thailand

Vietnam

22

22

0

0

Total

67

67

0

0.0%

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